Antiskid deivice



l K. E. @LUM ANTISKID DEVICE Filed Jan. 27, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Arron/vers ug. 17 E926.

. K. E. BLUM ANTISKID DEVICE Filed Jan. 27, 1926 WIT/VESSES A TTOR/VEYS BLUM, 0l? NEW tipplieetiei .tied Jennery 2?, 1926. Serial lo. ette@ tliis invention reletes to new end useful improvements in eiiti-Slriddirig atteobmeilts for vehicle vvlieels sod it pertains more par tioulerly to e device especially adopted for use ori motor vebiele vvlieels im order to increase tbe trsetion tbereola Wliile tbe device illustreted in tbe preseiit invention is eepeble of use on vvet or snowy pavements9 it is particularly intended for use velieri tbe pevemeiits ere @usted or covered with e, lever ot ice.,

tteiereoce is load to tbe accompanying drawings in vvliiebw Figure l is e. side elevation of e vehicle vvlieel showing tbe investiesettecbed thereto, orio oi tbe treotioo devises being,r sbovm in toll limes end tvvov treetiorl devices being sliovvri in dotted lines to disclose tbe relotive positions of the devices;

blig., 2 is e 'sectional vievv teken ori tbe lime 2-2 of llie'.. l;

ltig.. 3 is e det-eil plee vievv ori eo enlarged seele showing tbe speeiiie construction ot tbe resell employed;

t is eeetiozeel viovv ori. tbe lmet-Jl ol llig; 3;

l it e, deteil elevstioriel vievv sbovv img :it :toodbded lotto of stteobmg tbe mem et tliejvvbeel; u lllig'., tl is edeteil perspeeive vievv ot tbe oliil employed tbe modilied :term 'lelierrimg more particularly to tbe drt-tvv v legs, tbe reference ebereeter l0 deeigrietes e Wheel, end ill desigrietes o pneumatic tire eerried tberebjvD ll/loimted om eeel'i side ont tbe tire d everleppirig tbe telly ol? tbe ivlieel eurved to eoiilorm to the curvature of the tvbeet llt-sob. et tbe pletes 1% is provided vvitlo om egy'elet or cutout portieri l, ered seeiired vvitbidr. seid eyelet or eut-out portion roller Pessiogerouiiol eeelji .ot tees-e is strep 3159 orte et vvbicb is provided vvitb ev biielrle 'iti iter tbe reception oit tbe other strep, to secure tbe folletos is position om tbe vvbeel., lt is to be tiri-derstood that there ere preterebly otre set et streps :tor eecli end oit' edele. of tbe enti eleiiiestd Seemed .to eeob oit' tbe l2 slid extending over the treed sorter/e of tbe tire il., -is e mesh tebrio, and seid itsbrio consists et e plurelity et pistes l@ oolrieoted together by mesme el' links i9. sbov-no in bien 3,

eeeli of these filetes 18 eorriprises s edle-stesa lit sod tbese pletes l2 ere tielly rectangular body portion provided on each et its sides neer its respective edge,l

With am elongated slot or cutfout portion 20. 'llbese elongated slots or Cutout portions 20 form tbe means in which tbe ends of tbe links or loops 19 ere retained vto secure the severel plates lg in proper relation to esel; other. Emili of these plates 18 is further provided et e central point vvitb tvvo outwardly disposed. tongues or projecting portions 21., the

vpistes being out es et 22 in persllel slots in order that these tongues may be bent outvverdlv. These with the outvvatr ly bent tongues 21 of one plete oppositely disposed with respect to the seid tongues oil eeeb of. tbe next adjacent plates, es best shown in Fig, 3, in suoliJ et marmer that tbe outwardly projecting tongues 2l on one set of plates would extend oircumterentielly of tbe tire well, Whereas ori eecb of tbe other plates these tongues would extend with their length transversely ot `the treed ot the tire. i

ln tbe term et the invention sbo in Figs. o end 6s tbe seme type ot mesh is employed, end itis seeured tbe side plates letes ere secured together l2 ilo substeritielly tbe seme niemeer es in v the preferred term ot tbe invention. ln tbe emboent sbovvo in -Figs. 5 end 6, howover, clips 30 ere employed for seeurirlg tbe side plates to the wheel, and these clips comprise e substantially itl-shaped member 31,- the legs et which are provided with perforetiorls 32. Formed integral vvitli tbe Ueheped member 3l is s second ttsbeped member 33, which letter ie positioned et right ongles to the ttslisped member 3l, and tbe legs of the llsbeped member 33 are provided Witb per toretioris 3d, its sbo io Fig. 5, the' ltsbeped members 3l ere adopted to embroce tbe telly of tbe Wheel l0, end ere secured to the side pletes l2 by means ot" e rmt 35 and e bolt 36., Wbieb letter posses through the periioretioos 32 in the legs of the lll-sheped member 3l. 'llre lll-slieped members 33 ere eeeli edepted to erebreoe one of the spokes 37 et tbe vvlieel., end each member 33 is secured to its respective spoke by means of e bolt 38 end e rmt 39 it being understood tbet the bolt dit passes through tbe elined pertoretion 3d lo tbe legs ot the ttsbeped mem.- ber 33. L

From tbe foregoing' will be seen. tbet the present invention )provides :means by vvbieb tbe treetiori ot vebiole vvbeel wey be tie greatly increased and that said means is also readily attachable to and detachable from the Wheel.

That is claimed is:

` An anti-skid armor for lpneumatic tires secured one to the other by links to -orm a x fabric, links lfor securing side edges of said fabric to their respective plates, and

ping elements formed in each of said p ates,

said gripping elements ,being formed by slit-y ting the plates and bending upwardly separate portions, said plates being so arranged in the fabric that the anti-skid element in each plate is arranged in opposite relation to the anti-skid element of the next adjacent plate 20 on each side thereof.

KATHARINE lE. BLUM. 

